What kinds of documents should I shred to protect myself from identity theft?

What kinds of documents should I shred to protect myself from identity theft?

Robert Siciliano (Identity Theft Expert and CEO) gives expert video advice on: What kinds of personal documents do identity thieves seek out? and more...

Nowadays, we should shred anything and everything that has our name, our address, any phone numbers, any account information, anything at all, whether it's us, our clients, our family, that has any data whatsoever that an identity thief can use to get even more information about you or to essentially compromise your ID. For example, if you have a prescription for medication, and it has any account information on it, that bottle itself should be destroyed so the information on that label can't be used to extract data from the pharmacist. Expired credit cards are as vulnerable as your new issued credit cards because, generally, they have the exact same credit card number on them. The only difference is they have a different expiration code and, unfortunately, you can still use your expired credit card and just give a fake expiration date, and often that credit card will still work.